Combined rail-tie and rail-fastener.



' G. F. RICHMOND.

COMBINED RAIL TIE AND RAIL PASTE-NEE.

APPLICATION IILED JUNE 22, 1914.

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GEORGE E. RICHMOND, or BI HAM, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED RAIL-TIE Ann RAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June 22, 1914. Serial No. 846,546.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. RICHMOND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bingham, in the county of Fayette and State of Illinois, have invented: anew and useful Combined Bail-Tie and Rail-Fas tenor; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to.

make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved rail tie and rail fastener, and as one of'the features of the invention it is the aim to provide a hollow metal tie having a closure member or slide, which may be opened to gain access to the interior of the tie, for adjusting the rail fastening devices.

Another feature of the invention is the provision of improved rail fasteners which comprise CIOSSIHO clamps mounted upon a screw rod, there bemg nuts fordrawlng the lower end of the clamping devices to ether,-

and the upper ends of the clamping evices toward the base of the rail, there being a transverse rod on which said clamping devices are fulcru med.

Another feature of the invention is the provision of means of adjusting the rails relatively to each other.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitate alterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings andclaimed.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through the improved tie showing the rail clamping means. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the rail clamping means, clamping a rail shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the tie with the rails clamped thereto. Fig. 4 is a sectional view through the tie, showing the method of securing the rod 5.

Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 designates a hollow tie which may be'in the form of a metal casting or the like, and provided on one side with a closure or door or slide 2, mounted in guides 3, and which closure may be opened to gain access to the interior of the tie for adjusting" the rail clamping members. upon the interior of the tie are rods 5. Engaging opposite sides of each rod 5 are rail clamping jaws 7, the upper portions of there.

Mounted in sockets 4 whichabove the rod 5 cross and terminate in fall. clamping ends 9,. which extend through theelongated slots 10 ofthe upper wall of the tie, so as toengage opposite sides of the base 11 of each rail, so as to hold the same firmly in position. The lower ends of the clamping jaws terminate in eyes 12,

through whichthe threaded rods 13 extend, eing nuts14 for adjusting the lower. ends of the jaws closer together or farther apart. As will beobservecl there are two threaded rods13, one end of each is mounted in eachend wall of the tie and having a nut on the exterior of the end wall of the tie,

whereby each rod 13 may be adjusted, so as to adjust the rails relative to one another.

Mounted upon the rods 13 are tubular members or sleeves 15, upon the interior of which any suitable non-conducting heat and cold material as shown at 16 may be arranged, so as to prevent expansion and contraction of the attending parts.

One of each of the clamping jaws comprises forks,which are constructed from a single lengthof metal, bent upon itself to form the eye through which the threaded rod extends.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is 1. In combination, a hollow tie having a transverse rod therein, jaw members ar-' ranged on opposite sides of said rod having eyes at their lower ends, and crossing above the rod and terminating in rail jaws passing through the upper wall of the tie and engaging opposite sides of the base of the rail, and means for adjusting the lower ends of the jaw members toward and from each other. it

2.In combination, a hollow tie having a transverse rod therein, jaw members arranged on opposite sides of said rod having eyes at their lower ends, and crossing above the rod and terminating in rail jaws passing through the upper wall of the tie and engaging opposite sides of the baseof the rail, a threaded rod mounted in one end of the tie and passing through the eyes of the lower ends of the jaw members, means on the threaded rod for adjusting the lower ends of the jaw members toward and from each other.

3. In combination, a hollow tie having transversely disposed rods therein, two pairs of clamping members, the clamping members of each pair being arranged upon oppo- Patented 0011.13, 1914..

the lower end, the upper portions of the clamping members of each'" pair above the transversely disposed rod' being crossed and terminating in rail clamping jaws pro- 10 truding through the upper Wall of the tie andengagin'g opposite sides of the baseof eachr'aiL-a threaded rojd mounted in each end of the tie and extending through the eyes of the clamping members of each pair, 10 means on each threaded rod for adjustingthe lower ends ofthe clamping members t'o- Ward each other, means on the threaded rod and, sleeves containing non-conducting heat and cold material mounted upon the said threaded rods.

In testimony whereof I have signed my "name to this specification in the presence of 25 tWo subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE r. RICHMOND.

mark l/Vitnesses RICHARD F. LOVELAOE, J OHN M. IsBELL.

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